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The Ding Mu Zhi, Early Western Zhou dynasty | 西周初 丁母觶

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September 20, 02:17 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

The Ding Mu Zhi

Early Western Zhou dynasty

西周初 丁母觶


cast to the interior of the vessel and cover with a two-character inscription reading Ding Mu (2)


銘文:

丁母


Height 6⅝ in., 17 cm

Collection of Qing Gaozong, Aisin Gioro Hongli, the Qianlong Emperor (r. 1736-1795).

Qing Court Collection.

Collection of Fang Junyi (1836-1899).

Collection of Li Hongyi (1831-1885).

Collection of Zhang Heng (1915-1963).

New York Private Collection.


清高宗愛新覺羅弘曆收藏

清宮舊藏

方濬益 (1836-1899) 收藏

李鴻裔 (1831-1885) 收藏

張珩 (1915-1963) 收藏

紐約私人收藏

Liang Shizheng et al., Xiqing gujian [Catalogue of antiques in the Xiqing pavilion], vol. 26, 1755, p. 14.

Zou An, Zhou jinwen cun [Surviving bronze inscriptions from the Zhou dynasty], vol. 5, Shanghai, 1916, p. 134.

Fang Junyi, Guzhouyi jijin yiqi kuanzhi [Archaic bronze inscriptions from the Guzhouyi], Shanghai, 1925, p. 8.

Luo Zhenyu, Zhensongtang jigu yiwen xubian [Sequel to the gathering of ancient writings in the Zhensongtang], vol. 2, 1934, p. 33.

Fang Junyi, Zhuiyizhai yiqi kuanzhi kaoshi [Study of the archaic bronze inscriptions from the Zhuiyi Studio], vol. 23, 1935, p. 30.

Liu Tizhi, Xiaojiaojingge jinwen taben [Rubbings of archaic bronze inscriptions in the Xiaojiaojingge], vol. 5, 1935, p. 73.

Wang Chen, Xuyinwencun [Continuation of the surviving writings from the Yin dynasty], vol. 2, 1935, p. 53.

Luo Zhenyu, Sandai jijin wencun [Surviving bronze inscriptions from the Three Dynasties], vol. 14, Beijing, 1937, p. 37.

Li Hsuan-po, Shih-yu-sho t'sang-chiu t'o-pen ts'e-yeh tsung-ho p'ien [A collection of old rubbings in the Fu Ssu-nien Library, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica], Taipei, 1975.

Noel Barnard and Cheung Kwong-Yue, Rubbings and Hand Copies of Bronze Inscriptions in Chinese, Japanese, European, American and Australasian Collections, Taipei, 1978, no. 1192. 

Sun Zhichu, Jinwen zhulu jianmu [Records of Bronze Inscriptions], Beijing, 1981, p. 330, no. 5796 (vessel recorded).

Yan Yiping, Jinwen zongji [Corpus of bronze inscriptions], Taipei, 1983, no. 6370.

The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, ed., Yinzhou jinwen jichengshiwen [Interpretations of the compendium of Yin and Zhou bronze inscriptions], vol. 4, Hong Kong, 2001, no. 6135. 

The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, ed., Yinzhou jinwen jicheng [Compendium of Bronze Inscriptions from Yin and Zhou Dynasties], Beijing, 2007, no. 06135.

Liu Yu et. al., Shangzhou jinwen zong zhulubiao [Comprehensive list of recorded Shang and Zhou bronze inscriptions], Beijing, 2008, no. 6690 (vessel recorded).

Wu Zhenfeng, Shang Zhou qingtong qi mingwen ji tuxiang jicheng [Compendium of important inscriptions and images of bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties], vol. 19, Shanghai, 2012, no. 10273.


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鄒安,《周金文存》,卷5,上海,1916年,頁134

方濬益,《詁籀誃吉金彝器款識》,上海,1925年,頁8

羅振玉,《貞松堂集古遺文續編》,卷中,1934年,頁33

方浚益,《綴遺齋彝器款識考釋》,卷23,1935年,頁30

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嚴一萍,《金文總集》,台北,1983年,編號6370

中國社會科學院考古研究所編,《殷周金文集成釋文》,卷4,香港,2001年,編號6135

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劉雨等,《商周金文總著錄表》,北京,2008年,編號6690 (器記錄)

吳鎮烽,《商周青銅器銘文暨圖像集成》,卷19,上海,2012年,編號10273

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